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Speaker: Doug Adair, Nashville Diaper Connection Diapers cannot be purchased using food stamps or other governmental programs. The Diaper Connection has been providing cover for Middle Tennessee "butts" for ten years.

Speaker Linda McFadyen-Ketchum, Co-Lead for Legislative Work for “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America/Tennessee” shared with attendees facts and data gathered by the grassroots movement fighting for public safety measures that respect the Second Amendment and...

Speaker: Reverend Stacy Rector, Executive Director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, shared the TADP mission and disheartening data on the current TN Death Row situation. TADP works to honor life through education and citizen advocacy efforts that...

Speaker: Judge Andra Hedrick about Davidson County Probate Court. As Judge Hedrick discussed, probate court is an incredibly busy court. In a typical month,150-200 new cases are filed in the probate court. Each case requires at least one hearing to be conducted by...

Speakers: Joseph Woodson, Board member and Advocacy Chair of the Tennessee Pride Chamber and Chris Sanders of the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP). Speaker Sanders pointed out, progress is not always linear. "It advances, retreats, twists. and turns and this is why...

Speakers: Dr. Angela Sutton and Mr. Cyril Stewart. Fort Negley began as a Union fortification built by nearly 5000 laborers, including free blacks, enslaved persons, as well as "contraband" folks seeking refuge in Nashville during the Civil War. The working and...

Speaker: Juvenile Court Clerk Lonnell Matthews, Jr. and Judge Sheila Calloway, his self-proclaimed "Partner in Justice." The speakers focused on shifting the culture of the juvenile court systems and operations to prepare for the opening of the Nashville Youth Campus...

Speaker: Dr. Dan Firth, Chair of the Solid Waste & Mining Committee of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club. Dr. Firth gave a thorough analysis of: Tennessee's trash problem; Why recycling, although not a complete solution, is necessary; Why producers must be...

Speaker: Lindsey Kimery, Coordinator of Library Services at Metro Nashville Public Schools in Nashville. Ms. Kimery is a past-president of the Tennessee Association of School Librarians and has served in leadership roles for the American Association of School...

Speaker: Chas Sisk, Senior Editor and Interim News Director at WPLN (an NPR radio member station). Sisk shared information and thoughts on the ways various forms of bias impact our daily lives by shaping the way news is portrayed. As League members know, appreciation...

Speaker: Lindsey Krinks the Co-Founder and Interim Co-Director for Open Table Nashville. Krinks gave a background on how houselessness became a chronic problem from the 1980's to the present. She focused on specific issues in the Nashville area, and how Open Table...

Speaker: Jazmin Ramirez, a community organizer at Tennessee Immigrant and Refugees Rights Coalition. She is currently leading youth organizing, electoral work and rapid response. She has helped lead the fight for in-state tuition for undocumented students in...

Speakers: Dr. Ellen Clayton and Dr. Nancy Lipsitz. Dr. Clayton and Dr. Lipsitz shared background on the SCOTUS ruling as well as the triggering of the Tennessee Human Life Protection Act and discussed the legal barriers placed on health professionals providing...

Speaker: Angie Emery Henderson (Metropolitan Nashville Council District 34). Councilmember Henderson provided insight about the intersection of various local legislative rulings with the Tennessee Legislature. The preemption doctrine refers to the idea that a higher...